Jammu, Dec 20 (IANS): Despite the fog and the chill, enthusiastic voters queued up at polling stations Saturday here in the fifth and final phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Ballotting began on a slow note early in the morning but as the day progressed, more and more men and women turned up […]

Polling today began in 16 constituencies with Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren contesting in two seats in the fifth and final round of elections for the 81-seat state assembly. In Jammu and Kashmir, this final phase is important for BJP to accomplish its Mission 44-plus, a feat that will allow the party to form a […]

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The opposition Friday continued its demand for a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of conversions, disrupting zero hour in the Rajya Sabha.Raising the issue, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had been busy with Jammu and Kashmir elections and was not present in the house earlier, […]

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The logjam over the issue of religious conversions continued in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, with the government and the opposition locked in a blame game.This forced the chair to adjourn the house twice — once until noon and then till 2 p.m.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present during question hour, and […]

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa by another four months as it asked the Karnataka high court to decide on her appeal challenging her conviction in disproportionate assets case within three months.Noting that Jayalalithaa had complied with its Oct 17 order of […]

“What has been made public is Part-I of the report? It has been reported in the media that pages 112 to 167 are still not known. Is it because these pages contain some material which can be embarrassing to those in power in 1962? The first 111 pages having been made public, it is now […]

“This political witch hunt will only enable us come to power faster,” a defiant Congress president Sonia Gandhi told reporters in New Delhi today. Behind this outburst against her political bete noire — the BJP — the Congress chief clearly knows that all the facts related to the National Herald case cannot be simply termed as ‘political […]

New Delhi: Citing media reports, a CPI-M member today claimed in Rajya Sabha that the Home Ministry had destroyed over 1.5 lakh crucial files on the instruction of the Prime Minister, triggering uproar and adjournment of the House. Raising the matter during the Zero Hour, P Rajeeve said the destroyed files included some historical documents relating […]

New Delhi: It is “too early” to say whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the heart of the people of the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said here today. After a meeting with Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Omar was asked whether the Prime Minister was able to win the heart […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated his closest confidant Amit Shah on becomming BJP President and expressed confidence that the party will become stronger under his leadership. “My best wishes to Amit Shah on becoming the BJP President. I am sure that under his leadership, the party will expand and strengthen further,” he said. […]